diff --git a/openmetadata-docs/content/v1.3.x/deployment/ingestion/external/gcs-composer.md b/openmetadata-docs/content/v1.3.x/deployment/ingestion/external/gcs-composer.md
index c3f5f5c5b7e..02e028ba279 100644
--- a/openmetadata-docs/content/v1.3.x/deployment/ingestion/external/gcs-composer.md
+++ b/openmetadata-docs/content/v1.3.x/deployment/ingestion/external/gcs-composer.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This approach has been last tested against:
 - Composer version 2.5.4
 - Airflow version 2.6.3
 
-It also requires the ingestion package to be at least `openmetadata-ingestion==1.3.1.0`.
+It also requires the ingestion package to be at least `openmetadata-ingestion==1.3.0.1`.
 
 ## Using the Python Operator
 
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/AbstractNativeApplication.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/AbstractNativeApplication.java
index aa4ece63680..ab7ddaa8b76 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/AbstractNativeApplication.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/AbstractNativeApplication.java
@@ -218,6 +218,14 @@ public class AbstractNativeApplication implements NativeApplication {
     /* Not needed by default */
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void raisePreviewMessage(App app) {
+    throw AppException.byMessage(
+        app.getName(),
+        "Preview",
+        "App is in Preview Mode. Enable it from the server configuration.");
+  }
+
   public static AppRuntime getAppRuntime(App app) {
     return JsonUtils.convertValue(app.getRuntime(), ScheduledExecutionContext.class);
   }
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/AppException.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/AppException.java
index dc8dcba8276..7387e59ea86 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/AppException.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/AppException.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.openmetadata.sdk.exception.WebServiceException;
 public class AppException extends WebServiceException {
 
   private static final String BY_NAME_MESSAGE = "Application [%s] Exception [%s] due to [%s].";
-  private static final String ERROR_TYPE = "PIPELINE_SERVICE_ERROR";
+  private static final String ERROR_TYPE = "APPLICATION_ERROR";
 
   public AppException(String message) {
     super(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST, ERROR_TYPE, message);
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/ApplicationHandler.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/ApplicationHandler.java
index 987e518d788..24ed7b716da 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/ApplicationHandler.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/ApplicationHandler.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class ApplicationHandler {
         && !nullOrEmpty(privateConfiguration.getAppsPrivateConfiguration())) {
       for (AppPrivateConfig appPrivateConfig : privateConfiguration.getAppsPrivateConfiguration()) {
         if (app.getName().equals(appPrivateConfig.getName())) {
+          app.setPreview(appPrivateConfig.getPreview());
           app.setPrivateConfiguration(appPrivateConfig.getParameters());
         }
       }
@@ -79,6 +80,12 @@ public class ApplicationHandler {
         clz.getDeclaredConstructor(CollectionDAO.class, SearchRepository.class)
             .newInstance(daoCollection, searchRepository);
 
+    // Raise preview message if the app is in Preview mode
+    if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(app.getPreview())) {
+      Method preview = resource.getClass().getMethod("raisePreviewMessage", App.class);
+      preview.invoke(resource, app);
+    }
+
     // Call init Method
     Method initMethod = resource.getClass().getMethod("init", App.class);
     initMethod.invoke(resource, app);
@@ -96,14 +103,13 @@ public class ApplicationHandler {
       Method scheduleMethod = resource.getClass().getMethod(methodName);
       scheduleMethod.invoke(resource);
 
-    } catch (NoSuchMethodException
-        | InstantiationException
-        | IllegalAccessException
-        | InvocationTargetException e) {
+    } catch (NoSuchMethodException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
       LOG.error("Exception encountered", e);
-      throw new UnhandledServerException(e.getCause().getMessage());
+      throw new UnhandledServerException(e.getMessage());
     } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-      throw new UnhandledServerException(e.getCause().getMessage());
+      throw new UnhandledServerException(e.getMessage());
+    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+      throw new AppException(e.getTargetException().getMessage());
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/NativeApplication.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/NativeApplication.java
index 58e6edb8d2c..206a612766d 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/NativeApplication.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/apps/NativeApplication.java
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@ public interface NativeApplication extends Job {
 
   void configure();
 
+  void raisePreviewMessage(App app);
+
   default void startApp(JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext) {}
 }
diff --git a/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/configuration/appsPrivateConfiguration.json b/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/configuration/appsPrivateConfiguration.json
index f0e1672ea96..0ac3ba5b7c3 100644
--- a/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/configuration/appsPrivateConfiguration.json
+++ b/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/configuration/appsPrivateConfiguration.json
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
           "type": "string",
           "description": "Application Name"
         },
+        "preview": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "Flag to enable/disable preview for the application. If the app is in preview mode, it can't be installed.",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "parameters": {
           "javaType": "org.openmetadata.schema.api.configuration.apps.Parameters",
           "description": "Parameters to initialize the Applications.",
diff --git a/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/applications/app.json b/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/applications/app.json
index a31042d4127..5ef279bc9c6 100644
--- a/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/applications/app.json
+++ b/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/applications/app.json
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@
       "description": "Application Private configuration loaded at runtime.",
       "$ref": "./configuration/applicationConfig.json#/definitions/privateConfig"
     },
+    "preview": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "Flag to enable/disable preview for the application. If the app is in preview mode, it can't be installed.",
+      "default": false
+    },
     "pipelines": {
       "description": "References to pipelines deployed for this database service to extract metadata, usage, lineage etc..",
       "$ref": "../../type/entityReferenceList.json"